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Sun’s Open Tools, Standards, Materials

The Global Education and Learning Community (GELC) of Sun Microsystems, Inc.has grown to more than 1330 members with over 177 projects in less than eight months. Sun has gathered key influencers in technology and education to focus on developing the technology community's collaborative open standards-based projects and tools for teaching and learning. Learn more.

Reflections from CSTD's Executive Director

Lynn Johnston provides her personal perspective on the Canadian learning and performance landscape.
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Workplace skill improvement is a critical goal for most forward-thinking companies. I am certain that ASTD's initiative in applying and interpreting employee assessments, and planning appropriate learning and performance interventions will prove to be a valuable resource for corporate trainers.

Organizational change is a given in today's work world. Downsizing, mergers and acquisitions, technology upgrades, and process modifications are part and parcel of this change. What sometimes gets overlooked is the human side of managing change. This week's news feed offers some solid strategies for keeping the employee focus on inevitable change.